Africa, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Forestry, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, raw materials, South America, Southeast Asia, Verité, Worker Empowerment
Typically at the end of a year, we at Verité ask ourselves two questions: 1) What did we do to further our vision of a world where people work under safe, fair, and legal conditions?, and 2) How did we fulfil our mission to provide the knowledge and tools to eliminate the most serious labor and human rights abuses in global supply chains?
This year, we answer these questions considering both how we have met the issues the pandemic presents and how we have fulfilled our mission despite the pandemic. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2020.
Agriculture, Central America, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, raw materials, Worker Empowerment
Verité is excited to launch a major new program in Mexico to promote and protect labor rights more effectively in the sugarcane sector. SENDEROS will combine intensive rights training and grievance mechanisms for workers with closely coordinated efforts with both the Mexican government and the private sector to create a new approach to labor rights enforcement in a sector that has long experienced poor working conditions.
Agriculture, Central America, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, raw materials, Verité, Worker Empowerment
Verité announces major new project to improve adherence to international labor standards in Mexican agriculture.
Africa, Agriculture, Apparel, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Compensation and Hours, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Sector, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Living Wages, Manufacturing, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, Partnership, raw materials, Recruitment, Seafood, South America, Southeast Asia, Technology, Verité, Worker Empowerment
While we are humbled by the great deal more we need to accomplish, we are proud of what we have been able to achieve this past year. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2019.
Agriculture, Central America, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, raw materials, South America
With funding from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (USDOL-ILAB), Verité is launching the three-year Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project. The project involves the creation of a robust compliance system and toolkit on improving labor conditions in the coffee sector, as well as trainings and guidance on implementation of the toolkit.
